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Patent GB-425176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in toy figures
IPC: A63H3/02
Filed: 1933-09-11
Abstract: 425,176. Toy figures. REYNOLDS, E., 194, Bellingham Road, Catford, London. Sept. 11, 1933, No. 25142. [Class 132 (iii)] A toy figure of an animal, doll, &c., is formed of an outer covering of leather or imitation leather filled with sponge rubber. The covering may be made in parts which are sewn or otherwise fastened together round the sponge rubber or the latter may be inserted after the covering is shaped. The covering may be dyed or stained any appropriate colour. The sponge rubber may be in small or large pieces or may be in one or more pieces moulded into the shape of the whole or parts of the figure. Wire, steel or wood may be used as an internal framework or other means of support to the figure. Specifications 195,667, 211,602, 226,330, [all in Class 132 (iii)], and 377,747, [Group XXIII], are referred to.
Patent GB-773177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a fluidtight watch
IPC: G04B37/14
Filed: 1955-09-01
Abstract: 773,177. Watches. PIQUEREZ, E. Sept. 1, 1955 [Sept. 8, 1954], No. 25160/55. Class 139. In a self-winding watch, Fig. 1, a winding stem 9 passes through the upstanding flange of the case bottom 1 and is normally concealed by the caseband 4 rigid with a packing 11. A flange 10a on the stem allows of movement thereof from setting to winding position. The stem is provided with a square opening 10 for reception of a correspondingly shaped tool by which the stem may be rotated. In another example, Fig. 5, the stem is of plastic and a small opening 20 is provided in the caseband through which opening the stem rotating tool may pass. In another example, Fig. 6 (not shown), the stem is normally covered by the depending edge of the glass and by the caseband. The tool may be formed by the inside member of a cross-bar 15, Fig. 2, of the strap buckle, by the inside member of a crossbar connecting the watch case lugs, or by the tongue 17, Fig. 4, of the strap buckle. 773,179. Indicating liquid levels. OOSTEN, J. J. VAN. Oct. 11, 1955 [Oct. 11, 1954], No. 28942/55. Class 123 (1). A liquid level alarm, for use in, say, the bilges 3 of a ship, comprises an air, &c. pipe line 1 which depends from a pressure vessel 2 and is normally closed at its lower end by a member 8 of air-tight paper, hard soap or like material that will soften, weaken or melt when contacted by liquid and cause leakage of air, the consequent fall in pressure in the vessel 2 actuating an alarm switch 6 associated with a manometer on said vessel. The member 8 may be in the form of a membrane, Fig. 3 (not shown), or ball, preferably hollow, Fig. 1, which is introduced into the pipe line 1 through an inserting branch 9 with closing cap 10, the part 11 of the pipe line between the branch 9 and vessel 2 being sloped upwardly to prevent the ball from rolling into the latter. Two or more pipe lines may be connected to a common pressure vessel, in which case each line is fitted with an indicator such as a U- tube 12 containing oil through which air will bubble when the member 8 no longer seals the end of the line.
Patent GB-1049525-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved overload clutch or torque limiting device
Inventor: ORWIN OLAF JOHN BARCLAY
IPC: F16D43/206
Filed: 1962-06-30
Abstract: 1,049,525. Positive clutches. FISHER & LUDLOW Ltd. June 24, 1963 [June 30, 1962], No. 25180/62. Heading F2C. An overload release clutch for newspaper printing machinery comprises a driving pulley 10 mounted for axial and rotary movement on a sleeve 28, fast with a driven shaft 31, and biased, by a spring 14, to engage holes 15 therein with torque transmitting balls 17 which are retained by a disc 26 and also engage holes 16 in a driven disc 11 secured to the sleeve 28, the disc 11 being additionally formed with arcuate tapered recesses 20 (Fig. 4, not shown) adjacent the holes 16 such that on overload, the balls 17 ride out of the holes 16 into the recesses 20 whereby they are completely disengaged from the driving pulley 10 (Fig. 2, not shown) to free the clutch and avoid wear during idling of the pulley 10. Clutch reengagement is effected by bringing the rotating parts to rest and then turning the retaining disc 26 backwards. The spring 14 is seated on a nut 34 adjustable to vary the maximum torque loading of the clutch, the spring pressure being applied to the clutch members through interposed thrust ball races 33, 36 and a friction thrust washer 38 respectively.
Patent GB-502729-A (GB)
Title: Method of and means for opening, cleaning and feeding kapok or other staple fibres
IPC: D01G9/00
Filed: 1937-09-20
Abstract: 502,729. Opening, cleaning, and forming laps of kapok &c. MIMS, C. N., and PITT, J. Sept. 20, 1937, Nos. 25469/37 and 23006/38. [Class 120 (i)] In a machine for opening, cleaning and forming laps of kapok and like fibres of the kind wherein the fibres are opened and then conveyed on a current of air to a continuously moving pervious surface which permits escape of the air and on which the lap is formed, the material is introduced into the machine by an endless feed belt g furnished with supple, resilient tongues, teeth, prongs or other projections h of a material such as rubber. Bales of material j are supported on automatically rising platforms i and layers of fibre are detached therefrom by the toothed belt or apron g, the fibres being projected into an air trunk a by rotary strippers l. The fibres may be first loosened by rakes m. The fibres are conducted through the trunk a to a chamber c by an air current created by a fan b and are deposited on foraminous belts d, e, the laps so formed being united and fed from the chamber c on a conveyer f. Projections n may be provided in the air trunk to assist in opening and cleaning the fibre, the detached waste matter being collected in traps o. An auxiliary fan p is arranged to come automatically into operation when the main power units are inoperative so as to maintain the air pressure in the chamber c and to retain the partly formed laps on the belts d, e a flap valve q swinging downwardly to close the trunk a when the fan p is started. Specification 462,962, [Group VII], is referred to.
Patent GB-321270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus usable for measuring and dispensing liquids
IPC: B67D7/16
Filed: 1928-09-05
Abstract: 321,270. James, F. F., and James Syphonic Visible Measures, Ltd. Sept. 5, 1928. Fixed-chamber apparatus. - In apparatus for measuring and dispensing liquids, particularly petrol to motor vehicles, of the kind provided with means for simultaneously opening the outlet valve of the measuring- chamber and closing the inlet valve thereto, and vice versa, means is provided for causing a syphonic action to be set up in the supply pipe so as to return any excess liquid in the measuring-chamber to the storage tank. Petrol &c. is raised from a reservoir 2 by a pump 5 actuated by a handle 15, and is forced through a pipe 16, inlet valve 19, Fig. 6, and pipes 22, 26 to a casing 27 having an outlet to the measuring- chamber 45 controlled by a valve 32 connected to a float 38, the height of which is adjusted according to the amount of liquid to be dispensed. The measured liquid is then delivered past an outlet valve 56 to a flexible hose 59 with delivery nozzle. The measuring-chamber 45 is hung from a support 17 so that it may be raised or lowered by means of a cable 48 and windlass 51, a counter-weight being provided at 141. The pipe 26 telescopes over the pipe 22, and is adjusted in height, together with the chamber 27, float 38, and an indicator 93, by means of a screw 133 actuated by a hand wheel 135. A handle 120 is then actuated to close a valve 115 in a return bye-pass 114 fitted to the pump 5. After this, a handle 103 or 104 (both connected to the same apparatus) is moved so as to close the outlet valve 56 by connections 107, 108 to a shaft 109 having a crank disc 111 engaging the valve, and to open the inlet valve 19 by a connection 102 to a transversely sliding bar 74 connected by arms 77 to a square rod 71, which is thereby rotated together with a tube 98 connected to a cam 144 acting on the valve. The bar 74 also carries a locking-bar 88 which engages one of the notches 86 according to the measure of liquid required. A latch 127, also actuated by the handle 120 through a cable 123, then engages a hole in an extension 105 of the handles 103, 104, so as to lock the outlet valve closed. The pump handle 15 is next actuated to force liquid into the chamber 45 slightly in excess of that required, whereupon the float 38 closes the valve 32. This excess is syphoned back to the reservoir by opening the bye-pass valve 115 by means of the handle 120, this movement also releasing the latch 127, so that the outlet valve 56 can then be opened by the handle 103 or 104 to deliver the liquid. The locking-bar 88 is also simultaneously released to allow subsequent adjustment for the next delivery. The measuring-chamber 45 has glass panels with indicating-strips showing the measurement, and is also provided with outwardly-extending arms formed with supports tor the flexible delivery hose. A counting-apparatus may be actuated by a worm wheel 139 fixed to the screw 133.
Patent GB-726957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to oil-burning incandescent lamps of the pressure type
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1952-10-10
Abstract: 726,957. Incandescent oil lamps. ALADDIN INDUSTRIES, Ltd., and IMBER, A. G. Sept. 22, 1953 [Oct. 10, 1952], No. 25458/52. Classes 75 (2) and 75 (4). An oil-burning incandescent lamp of the pressure type has a draught shield 9 positioned at the base of a transparent shield 7 surrounding the burner 2, the shield being in the form of a lattice made from strip material and at least one opening of the lattice being bounded by walls the depth of which is the width of the strips. The lattice shown comprises two pairs of parallel slotted strips intersecting at right angles and is supported by two further strips 10 extending from the intersections of the strips and engaging in slotted lugs 11 on the frame of the lamp. In an alternative construction the parallel strips. are joined at their ends to form double strip portions which engage in the slotted lugs 11 of the lamp frame. Specification 694.981 is referred to.
Patent GB-1055074-A (GB)
Title: Terminating coil ends with lead-out wires
IPC: H01F5/04
Filed: 1964-06-19
Abstract: 1,055,074. Binding-posts. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES Ltd. June 19, 1964 [June 25, 1963], No. 25488/64. Heading H2E. A method of interconnecting the output end of a coil and an output lead consists of fixing an insulating ribbon 3, having a metallic tag 12 secured thereto, on to the coil, the ribbon 3 and tag 12 having superposed holes through which the output lead of the coil is passed and soldered to the metallic tag on to which the output lead is also soldered. The tag 12 is preferably riveted to an insulating plate which has its end portions 9 and 10 passed through slots 5 and 6 in the ribbon 3 with an insulating washer 1 between it and the ribbon. The washer and insulating plate both have holes in line with those in the ribbon and tag, and serve to protect the coil from the heat produced as the soldering operation is performed.
Patent GB-1521294-A (GB)
Title: Micro-film reading apparatus
IPC: G03B21/11
Filed: 1976-06-14
Abstract: 1521294 Microfilm readers B L RUSSELL and E V PIERCY [trading as MICROFILM ENG CO] 14 June 1976 25682/75 Heading G2J A microfilm reader having two electric motors MR, (ML) for moving microfilm 4 past a gate 5 and a light source and lens 7 for projecting a frame at the gate to a screen B via a mirror A. Each motor has a high speed and a low speed driving circuit and a switch to stop the motors after a time delay while the frame is being viewed. Slow speed may be obtained by superimposing DC over the AC supply to the motors.
Patent GB-605275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to radial internal combustion engines
IPC: F02B75/22
Filed: 1945-10-03
Abstract: 605,275. Crankshafts. UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION. Oct. 3, 1945, No. 25713. Convention date, Sept. 1, 1944. Drawings to Specification. [Class 80 (ii)] [Also in Group XXVII] A multi-row radial engine having four radial rows and seven longitudinal banks has a single inlet-manifold from a supercharger chamber supplying each bank of cylinders which are fired progressively from one end of the bank to the other. The arrangement of the crankshaft is the same as that described in Specification 600,376 which together with Specification 621,033, [Group XXVII], is referred to.
Patent GB-1002379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to display apparatus
IPC: G09G1/22
Filed: 1964-06-22
Abstract: 1,002,379. Electric selective signalling. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION. June 22, 1964 [June 24, 1963], No. 25718/64. Heading G4H. In a cathode-ray tube display unit, signals representing a line of characters to be displayed are supplied to the unit twice, the first occasion permitting a counter to sum the widths of all the characters and the second occasion permitting display, the output of the counter after the summing mentioned being used during the display for increasing the size of the increments of displacement of the cathode beam across the tube face in proportion to the difference between the sum and the maximum possible count, so that the characters are proportionally spaced within the line and the length of the line is justified. Referring to Figs. 3a and 3b, the characters of the line are presented serially-by-character from a computer 12 (Fig. 3b) to a register 26 (Fig. 3a), each character being "decoded" at 34 to produce the sixteens complement of its width which presents a counter 46. Clock pulses are then fed to counter 46 and to counter 50 (Fig. 3b) until counter 46 produces a carry pulse. Each character is treated in turn in this way so that when the complete line has been received (as indicated by the computer), counter 50 stores the sum of the character widths. The complement lines from the six lowest order stages of counter 50 set a register 70 which controls a digital-to-analogue converter 76 to produce a regulating voltage which is supplied to a digital-to-analogue converter 81 (at terminal 91 thereof, see Fig. 6). The line of characters is now presented by the computer 12 again, and after reception of each character, the new (cumulative) count of counter 50 is used to control horizontal positioning of the cathode beam, the count being converted to an analogue voltage in converter 81 mentioned above, the regulating voltage mentioned serving to scale up all the horizontal positioning voltages produced in order to justify the displayed line. In order to prevent displacement of the left margin home position of the cathode beam due to the regulator voltage, a centre compensation circuit is provided (triodes 96, 97 in Fig. 6). To select each character to be displayed, the output of register 26 (Fig. 3a) is also supplied to a digital-to-analogue converter 115 during the second presentation of the characters by the computer 12 (and during the first, but in this case the cathode beam is blanked). The converter 115 output deflects the electron " image " of a mask 103 of characters so that the " image " of the required character passes through an aperture 106. A vertical position register 130 and a digital-to-analogue converter are provided for controlling the vertical position of the line. The application of the invention to photocomposing is mentioned. Specification 853,126 is referred to.
Patent GB-257976-A (GB)
IPC: B60Q1/14
Abstract: 257,976. Workman, H. May 14,1925. Motor-vehicle head lamps; lantern shutters. - A motor-car headlamp is provided with a single pillar filament or its equivalent adjustably positioned along the axis of the parabolic reflector so as to extend either backwardly or forwardly from the focus and with a movable screen controlled from the driver's seat and arranged so that, in its operative position within the reflector, it intercepts the whole of the light passing to or part of the light passing to and the remainder of the light passing from the half of the reflector which would otherwise project light upwardly. The screen may be slidable or hinged, or may consist of two hinged leaves, and may be silvered over the whole or part of the surface facing the light source, or may be partly perforated or shaped so as to allow part of the light to reach the half of the reflector, the perforations being in some cases filled with coloured or sanded glass, mica, horn, &c. The screen may be made wholly or in part of glass, mica, horn, &c. mounted in some cases in a metal frame, may be grooved or formed with facets, and may be coloured or sanded. Wires or levers, Bowden wires, electric solenoids and plungers, or pistons and cylinders operated by pressure or suction fluid may be employed for actuating the screens. The screen may be - arranged to cover in the operative position the upper half of the bulb-front as well. In one form, the screen 5, Fig. 1, comprising a section of a hemisphere, is attached to a sliding sleeve 10 and a spiral spring 12 is arranged between the screen and a reflecting-flange 11, the screen being controlled by a Bowden wire acting through a double-armed lever 16, 13. In a second form. the screen is slidably mounted on guide rods and the shadow produced by the guide rods and by a tension spring is obliterated by the use of a vertically grooved or ribbed front glass. In a third form, the screen comprises two folding leaves 5, Fig. 7, each provided with a member 31 engaging one of two arc-shaped slots in a plate 28 clamped to the bulb-holder and also engaging curved slots in a sliding plate 34 mounted on the fixed plate 28 and operated by a Bowden wire, a spring 38 surrounding a stem which passes through a part 35 of the fixed plate and is attached to the sliding plate. In a fourth form, a screen shaped like a segment of a spherical surface with a straight front edge and a concave rear edge is mounted on a transverse pivot and is forced through a slot in the main reflector into the inoperative position by means of a spring attached to a double-armed lever. In a modification, the screen is semi-cylindrical and carried by an arm pivoted to the top of the lamp. The bulb may be carried from the top or bottom of the reflector or from a front vertical cross-bar instead of from the back and may be provided with a double pillar or V-shaped filament. The lamp-holder and bulb may be constructed as described respectively in Specifications 204,464 and 204,774, [Class 39 (ii), Electric lamps, Incandescent].
Patent GB-934193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to thiocolchicine compounds
Filed: 1960-07-25
Abstract: The invention comprises thiocolchicine derivatives of the general formula:-  <FORM:0934193/IV(a)/1> in which R represents the acyl residue of a carboxylic acid containing at least 9 and not more than 20 carbon atoms, and their preparation by reacting deacetyl thiocolchicine with a reactive derivative of the carboxylic acid, particularly the acid chloride. Examples detail the preparation of compounds of the above formula in which R is trimethylgalloyl, pelargonyl, caprinoyl, undecanoyl, and lauroyl.  The invention also comprises anti-mitotic compositions containing one of the above thiocolchines and an inert carrier.  Specification 763,217 is referred to.
Patent GB-445415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the control of motor vehicles and the like
Filed: 1934-09-08
Abstract: 445,415. Controlling-pedals for motor vehicles. DARBY, J. H., 26, High Street, Hillmorton, Rugby. Sept. 8, 1934, No. 25840. [Class 79 (v)] A single pedal a is mounted for a rocking lateral movement and for a movement of depression in two positions so that it can act on either the brake lever c or the accelerator d but cannot act on both simultaneously, means being provided whereby the pedal is constrained from lateral movement when it is in either of its depressed positions. In the construction shown, the pedal is mounted on a ball joint b and is constrained by a " gate " g having two slots g<1>, g<2> corresponding respectively to the accelerator and brake positions, the slots being separated by a part g<3> of lesser height than the outer limbs of the slots. The pedal, when released, is returned to its inactive position over the brake lever d by a spring i ; alternatively, two springs may be used, one raising the pedal and the other swinging it to one side. The pedal engages rollers e on the ends of the levers c, d. In a modification, the " gate " is below the ball joint b and is engaged by an arm on the pedal projecting from the lower part of the ball. The accelerator and brake levers may be below the floor boards and may be engaged by members operated by the pedal a so as to avoid the necessity for large apertures in the floor boards. The clutch lever may be similarly situated. According to the Provisional Specification, the levers c, d may be actuated by a slidable plate acting on one lever at one end of its movement and on the other lever at the other end.
Patent GB-589069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to barrels of firearms
IPC: C23C8/26
Filed: 1944-12-27
Abstract: Barrels for small calibre firearms are hardened in the bore by subjecting them, without pretreatment, to a nitrogenous atmosphere. The treatment may be carried out in an atmosphere comprising nitrogen or a nitrogen compound such as ammonia.
Patent GB-141286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the salvage of sunken ships and boats
IPC: B63C11/52
Filed: 1919-10-22
Abstract: 141,286. Marchini, E. Aug. 11, 1919, [Convention date]. Sunken ships, raising; diving- tools.-Relates to a drill carried by a submarine boat or diving chamber for attaching lifting-hooks to the sides of a sunken ship. The device comprises a hollow shaft 2, Fig. 2, penetrated by a rod 3, which is provided with a chuck 4 and a handwheel 5. A threaded . sleeve 7, rotated by a hand-wheel 8 and engaging with the nut 10, advances the drill as the head 20 penetrates the wreck, and the motive power is applied through a belt running over the pulley 13 mounted slidably on a hexagonal portion of the shaft 2. The hook 21 is arranged to lean with its end against the back surface of the milling head 20, the shank of which passes through the hook and is secured therein by a split pin and washer 22. As shown in Fig. 3, which shows a cross-section of the hook on the line A-B, the upper bearing surface is flattened to have a radius equal to that of the hole formed by the drill. A spiral spring 23 ensures the release of the hook and tool on the opening' of the chuck 4 by the rotation of the hand-wheel 5 when the hook has entered the side of the wreck.
Patent GB-616151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in mechanical handling means for liquid treatment apparatus
IPC: C23G5/04
Filed: 1946-08-29
Abstract: 616,151. Conveyers; load-handling apparatus. LARSSON, K. G. Aug. 29, 1946, No. 25982. [Classes 78 (i)] and 78 (iii)] [Also in Group II] Mechanical handling means for use in apparatus for treating goods by dipping them into liquid comprises a track on to which a plurality of carriers for the goods are moved by a lateral sliding movement, and means for lowering and raising the track so as to dip the carriers simultaneously into the liquid for treating the goods. In the embodiment shown, metal articles to be degreased are placed in perforated baskets A which are dipped into receptacles 2, 3, 4 containing degreasing liquid such as trichlorethylene, the baskets being supported by flanges 13 on plates 5 which are carried on rods 7 fixed to a yoke 8 reciprocated by a piston 12 operating in a fluid-pressure cylinder 11. The baskets are fed one-by-one through the apparatus, being placed on a platform 15 from which they are pushed on to the adjacent plate 5 by a pusher 17 reciprocated by a piston 20 operating in a fluid-pressure cylinder 19, the basket on this plate being pushed on to the adjacent plate. The basket carried by the last plate 5 is discharged on to a ramp 15a up which they are fed to an exit channel 16. In another embodiment the plates 5 are actuated individually.